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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TheBump.com (www.thebump.com),
a leading website for expectant
and first-time
parents, and ForbesWoman.com,
a website for the career-minded woman, today revealed the results of a
co-branded “Co-Parenting” survey. This one-of-a-kind survey, promoted on
both ForbesWoman.com and TheBump.com, polled more than 1,200 working and
stay-at-home moms about their co-parenting habits and experiences with
their partner. Survey results reveal everything from how moms feel about
their parenting and household responsibilities to how often their
partner helps out and gives them a break.

“Moms have an innate aspiration to do it all and a secret desire to be
superwoman,” says Carley Roney, editor in chief of TheBump.com. “But
balancing parenting work, household responsibilities and work at the
office is an extremely challenging task. This survey reveals that
whether working or stay-at-home, moms today are taking on more
responsibility than ever and feeling overwhelmed and resentful of their
partners as a result.”

According to ForbesWoman reporter Meghan Casserly: “These survey numbers
tell us that, despite the conversations on the changing picture of
parenthood and sharing of responsibilities at home, not all that much
has changed since women first stepped into the workforce. And it’s
exhausting! Besides being on a treadmill of work, family, household,
repeat, many women feel largely on their own when it comes to home and
kids.”

* BOTH WORKING AND STAY-AT-HOME MOMS FEEL LIKE A “MARRIED SINGLE
MOM.” With a majority of moms surveyed feeling overwhelmed without
enough parenting breaks, 24% of working and 28% of stay-at-home moms
surveyed agreed that sometimes they feel like a “married single mom.”

* FEELINGS OF RESENTMENT DOMINATE. Whether they’re working or
not, moms overall say they feel resentful toward their partner because
of the unbalanced load of household and parenting responsibilities (70%
of working moms and 68% of stay-at-home moms). In fact, approximately a
third of all moms say they definitely feel their partner could be more
helpful or supportive (33% of working moms and 31% of stay-at-home moms).

* 29% OF WORKING MOMS STILL DO ALMOST ALL THE PARENTING AND HOUSEHOLD
WORK. Of the working moms surveyed, 29% do the bulk (76% to 100%) of
the shopping, cleaning, cooking and other non-parenting tasks, and 31%
do the majority (76% to 100%) of parenting work as well. Between
working, parenting and household work, nearly half of these moms (47%)
say they still almost never receive a break from parenting, whereas a
majority of their partners (93%) still receive a time-out.

* HALF OF STAY-AT-HOME MOMS DON’T GET A MOMMY BREAK EVER.Of
stay-at-home moms, 84% don’t get a break from parenting after their
partner walks in the door at night, despite the fact that an
overwhelming majority of them (97%) say they need at least an occasional
time-out from parenting. In fact, 50% of stay-at-home moms say they never
receive a time-out from parenting, while 96% say their partner
manages to get a time-out.

* A MAJORITY OF BOTH WORKING AND STAY-AT-HOME MOMS FEEL OVERWHELMED
BY RESPONSIBILITIES. In addition,92% of working moms
surveyed and 89% of stay-at-home moms surveyed feel overwhelmed by work,
home and parenting responsibilities, yet more than half of both groups
(61% of working moms and 66% of stay-at-home moms) don’t have assigned
specific household tasks with their partners.

* DISCIPLINING THE CHILDREN IS A ROLE SPLIT EVENLY BETWEEN MOMS AND
THEIR PARTNERS. Despite the majority of parenting and household work
falling under the responsibility of moms, 79% of working moms and 71% of
stay-at-home moms say they and their partner are equally responsible for
discipline.

To receive a full copy of the survey results, or to speak with an editor
from TheBump.com or ForbesWoman.com, please contact Melissa Bach, mbach@theknot.com,
or Melanie Scharler, mscharler@forbes.com.

About TheBump.com

The Bump is the only multiplatform brand focused exclusively on
first-time moms looking for the inside scoop on fertility, pregnancy and
new mommyhood, reaching millions of moms each year through The Bump Baby
Network, including TheBump.com, Breastfeeding.com and The Bump
local guide. The Bump editorial team, “born” on The Knot, provides new
moms stage-by-stage advice, stylish ideas, local resources, interactive
tools and a savvy online community who are obsessed with knowing about
everything baby. The Bump is a part of The Knot Inc. (NASDAQ: KNOT), the
premier media company devoted to weddings, pregnancy and everything in
between.

About Forbes Media

Forbes Media encompasses Forbes and Forbes.com, the leading business
site on the Web that reaches on average more than 18 million people
monthly. The company publishes Forbes and Forbes Asia,
which together reach a worldwide audience of more than 6 million
readers. It also publishes ForbesLife magazine, in addition to
licensee editions in Africa, China, Croatia, Bulgaria, India, Indonesia,
Israel, Korea, Latvia, Middle East, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia,
Turkey and Ukraine.

Other Forbes Media Web sites are ForbesWoman.com; RealClearPolitics.com;
RealClearMarkets.com; RealClearSports.com and RealClearWorld.com.
Together with Forbes.com, these sites reach on average nearly 20 million
business decision makers each month.